On the occasion of completion of three years of JMM/ Congress alliance government, Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday transferred amount of various schemes among the farmers, girls and students of the state directly in their accounts. Chief Minister Drought Relief Scheme compensation amount was sent to the farmers of the drought affected blocks of the state. In the first phase of this scheme, Rs 2,32,36,85,000 was sent through DBT in the bank accounts of 6,63,910 beneficiary farmers. Similarly, under the Savitribai Phule Kishori Samridhi Yojana, a girl child studying in class 8 and 9 is given Rs 2,500, a girl child studying in class 10, 11 and 12 is given Rs 5,000 and a girl child aged 18-19 years is given a one-time grant of Rs 20,000. On the occasion, Rs 2,192,991,500 was transferred the account of 5,52,685 girls.
On the occasion, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that despite all the difficulties, the government has covered a successful journey of three years, but still a long way has to go.
Moreover, Rs 500 crore was transferred in the account of 25 lakh students. The government also sent funds to the accounts of selected students under pre-matric scholarship. Under this scheme, Rs 1500 are given to the students of classes one to five for Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. At the same time, the total amount of this scheme has now been increased to one lakh rupees. Today, Rs 500 crore was sent to the accounts of 25 lakh such selected students.
The Chief Minister also said that that after 20 years of exploitation and discrimination, changes are now chattering in Jharkhand and the state has moved on the path of development.
Soren said this on Friday during a programme as his government completed three years in office when Hemant Soren heading the JMM-Congress-RJD combine won a massive mandate. On the occasion three welfare schemes namely Jharkhand Savitribai Phule Kishori Samridhi Yojna, pre matriculation scholarship Yojana and Sukha Rahat Yojana were launched and cash worth Rs. 951 crore were transferred to the bank account of beneficiaries.
“The government had yet not started functioning when the Covid 19 hit the nation and life came to a standstill so the economy. Nobody knew what was going to be next. But we did not surrender,” said Hemant Soren.
He said that Jharkhand may be branded as an undeveloped state which lacks even basic facilities. But during the pandemic the so-called developed states with good hospitals and doctors were unable to manage the crisis. People were dying like cattle. There were not even basic facilities to perform list rites of the deceased. Situation was so horrific that people were forced to throw dead bodies of the deceased to become fodder for animals, he added.
“But in Jharkhand we managed the crisis in a very effective manner. Jharkhand is known for farmers and labourers. If they don’t work a single day they will not have food to eat. But not even a single person died out of hunger in Jharkhand. And this is our achievement,” said Hemant Soren.
Hemant Soren claimed that after he took rein of Jharkhand the situation of the state changed. “We accelerated the pace of the development and people responded with their faith in the government. Otherwise the situation was very different in the past. Jharkhand suffered exploitation and discrimination for 20 years. There was daily demonstration and agitation. Today students of Jharkhand are pursuing education in the foreign countries also,” Hemant Soren took a jibe at the BJP.
Highlighting the achievements of his government, he said that the government created job opportunities. He said that the government streamlined functioning of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission which was caught in the cobweb of corruption. “The JPSC spoiled the lives of many students in the name of holding examinations. But we completed the recruitment process in 250 days. Now in Jharkhand students belonging to BPL families are becoming officers. Similarly, the drought affected Jharkhand in the past on a number of occasions but no relief was ever provided by the government. But we are now providing,” he said.
On this occasion, Johar Khiladi Portal was also launched for sportspersons and sport technicians that aim to introduce and execute welfare projects for sports persons.